Playing ‘Wit’ on Borrowed Time
3 years ago Erin Cronican was given 3-5 years to live, and now she’s starring in a production of Margaret Edson’s play about a scholar with cancer.
Category Archives: Features
This Month in Theatre History
How the New Year kicked off years ago: with auspicious openings, a notorious arrest, and the birth of an icon.
How ‘American Utopia’ Managed to Remain in Light
The Broadway stage manager recounts how her company conceived and staged a new concert version of the popular show in the face of COVID cancellations.
2021’s Top Posts, Plus a Few More for Your Reading List
As we look back on a challenging year, we see a field continuing its push to create a new, better ‘normal.’
It Takes a Virtual Village: New Motherhood, Theatre, and the Pandemic
As if having a baby while working in the theatre isn’t hard enough, the pandemic has only intensified the stress—and the need for networks of support.
A Big Table: What the New Irish Arts Center Means for New York
The company’s glittering new $60 million building, long in the works, puts the emphasis on multidisciplinary programming and Irish hospitality.
If You Live-Stream It, Will They Watch?
As ‘Clyde’s’ prepares for a Broadway-level simulcast, a smaller theatre upstate highlights some of the difficulties and benefits of this hybrid approach.
Everything in Moderation: Rethinking the Talkback
Post-show engagement might take many forms, so why are we stuck with a one-size-fits-all Q&A format?
Britney, Baldwin, the Bard: The New Face of Classics at STC
Already in his short time so far at D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, Simon Godwin has striven to redefine the stage canon.
First the Album, Then the Show
Without the brand name of well-known IP, Broadway musicals are increasingly finding that releasing albums early is a route to the stage, and to fans’ hearts.
